Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
Episode 138 - Lou Pearlman vs the boy bands
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The guys get out their matching outfits and aerobic dance moves for a discussion on the Backstreet Boys, N’SYNC, and the man that swindled them (and a whole lot of banks, business men and retirees).

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Steel Panther “I Want it That Way”

SHOW NOTES:

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kg32kpt1yo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman

The 2007 Vanity Fair piece: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711?redirectURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F11%2Fpearlman200711

Original news clip about the blimp crash: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/08/A-170-foot-long-blimp-crashed-into-some-trees-on/3369339825600/

January 25, 1993 Sports Illustrated article about Lou’s blimps: https://vault.si.com/vault/1993/01/25/baron-blimp-lou-pearlman-head-of-airship-international-ltd-is-fulfilling-adolescent-dreams-of-glory

New York Post 2008 Pearlman timeline: https://nypost.com/2008/12/21/backstreet-bunco/

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/backstreet-boys-the-call-max-martin-howie-dorough-fart-story-7898099/

https://mashable.com/article/backstreet-boys-fart-song

https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2018/2/26/literature-society-lou-pearlmans-brands-bands-and-billions-my-top-10-rules-for-making-any-business-go-platinum

https://abcnews.go.com/US/lou-pearlman-backstreet-boys-nsync-lure-people-massive/story?id=67630954

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/celebrity-mugshots/lou-pearlman/